Alison Huber

Alison Huber is the head book buyer for Readings. She has been selling books in Melbourne for twenty years. She is also a recovering academic.

Blog post — 12 Oct 2021

Dear Reader, October 2021

October’s releases are a highlight in any reader’s year, signalling to booksellers the beginning of our annual journey towards the gift-exchange season, but I think this year’s offerings are particularly…

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Blog post — 9 Sep 2021

Dear Reader, September 2021

In the best of times, it takes a mighty collective effort to put together the Readings Monthly. Each issue is literally months in the preparation, and many of our staff…

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Review — 5 Sep 2021

The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan

Oxford University academic Amia Srinivasan may be known to some readers for the title essay of this collection, which appeared in the London Review of Books in 2018. The piece…

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Review — 29 Sep 2021

Fulfillment by Alec MacGillis

On the face of it, Amazon has made consumption very easy for a lot of people in America and elsewhere in the world: order goods online at discounted prices, and…

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Blog post — 5 Aug 2021

Dear Reader, August 2021

Christmas is actually in July for me. I’ve spent the last month seeing this year’s seasonal offerings, and we are due a truly bumper crop of books. At the risk…

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Review — 8 Nov 2020

Unquiet by Linn Ullmann

I must admit that I was initially drawn to this book thanks to a number of glowing endorsements from writers I admire – Rachel Cusk, Ali Smith, Deborah Levy among…

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Blog post — 30 Jun 2021

Dear Reader, July 2021

Our Books of the Month for July have much in common. Both happen to be written by multi- talented women who are not only beautiful writers but are also artists…

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Review — 28 Jun 2021

The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

Amani Haydar is a remarkable woman. A lawyer by training, she is also an acclaimed artist who has been a finalist for the Archibald Prize, and with the publication of…

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Blog post — 3 Jun 2021

Dear Reader, June 2021

I am delighted to begin my column this month with heartfelt congratulations to our programming and events manager, Chris Gordon, who has been shortlisted for the 2021 ABA Bookseller of…

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Blog post — 27 Apr 2021

Dear Reader, May 2021

Jamie Marina Lau was shortlisted for the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction for her standout debut, Pink Mountain on Locust Island. This unique novel won the author…

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